Yan is a neighboring country, and in recent years, it has been troubled by the fact that there are more men and fewer women, and the courtiers have changed from one wife and one concubine to only one woman.

Because the commoners below can't afford to marry a woman at all, a woman with a poor posture will have to pay twenty taels of silver, and a woman with a good posture will have to pay at least one hundred and twenty taels of silver.

No matter how rich you are, you won't marry much, just one lady, and you are not allowed to take concubines.

Ordinary girls have to marry when they are fourteen years old, and palace maids and maids will be sold by palace aunts or housekeepers when they reach the age of sixteen.

Most of the men who can marry wives are from slightly better families, and those with poor family backgrounds can't get silver taels to marry with their lives, and men who have no money have to be singles for a lifetime.

A man who kills a woman under the age of forty-five without a very valid reason is punished with a heavy sentence, a lifetime ban on marrying a wife, and a castration who later goes to the palace to atone for his sins.

In the early years, people favored sons over daughters, and in the past two years, the descendants have tasted the bitter fruits planted by their ancestors, and the people who lack virtue will sooner or later break off the incense.

Kind-hearted people who didn't choose to strangle their baby girls or bury them, if they didn't get rich, at least they wouldn't go bankrupt. Exchange girls with people who have the same children, and the two families get married together.

Yuan Shaohong, the lord of Yan State, should lead by example as the king of a country, so he was a queen and a concubine in his forties.

During this time, he was persuaded by the minister to prepare to attack the neighboring country of Qunfang, which happened to have more women than men, and after the occupation, it could be merged and strengthened.

The spy Wen Daozhen who was sent out rushed back to Qunfang, first told Prime Minister Jing Shuicheng, and then went into the palace with her to report the queen's flower condensation.

"See the Queen."

"Your Highness, this is a secret agent sent by our Qunfang to the neighboring Yan Kingdom, as the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing the other side will win all battles, with her, we can understand whether the Yan Kingdom has bad intentions towards us." Jing Shuicheng said, "Such a thoughtful idea, Queen, you haven't lost your memory yet." Daozhen, His Royal Highness lost his memory not long ago, and he has no memory of many people and things. ”

Wen Daozhen replied without a smile, "It's good that the queen is safe and sound, and the rest of her life is very long, and she can slowly get to know the minister." ”

Hua Ningshuang looked at her, a mature woman in her thirties, beautiful and charming, and gave people a very stable and reliable feeling, "Two Aiqing, please get up quickly, if you have something to say, sit aside and say!" ”

The two said in unison, "Your Highness." ”

After sitting in his seat, he said, "Yan Guo has more men and fewer women, so he has crooked thoughts about our Qunfang, intending to attack Qunfang." In about half a month, there will be action, and we have to be ready. ”

"The soldiers of the Yan Kingdom who fought eight years ago fled in the wilderness, how dare they come to provoke us again now, they don't know whether they are alive or dead!" Jing Shuicheng said angrily.

"Now the ratio of men and women in Yan Country should be seriously imbalanced, young people are slowly getting old and weak, there must be someone to replace them, but the commoners can't marry girls now, so they have to hit us with their ideas. Think about it, if the country is full of old and weak people, then the country is a fish to be slaughtered, no wonder it starts a war. ”

Hua Ningshuang has briefly analyzed the reasons for Yan Guo's attack on Qunfang, and there is no good way to sanction them for the time being. She was distraught, anxious, and didn't know what to do for a while.

Wen Daozhen nodded in agreement and said, "Your Highness is right, Yuan Shaohong, the lord of the Yan Kingdom, posted notices everywhere. It was specifically stated that by participating in the military training, a woman between the ages of 12 and 30 could be brought home. The greater the merit, the greater the reward, and the girl who brought home was the most beautiful. ”

"This shameless old traitor is arrogant, and he actually rewards women." Jing Shuicheng, as a native of Qunfang, hated the behavior of the lord of Yan very much, "If he is captured alive one day, he will be castrated immediately, so that he will never be able to be a man." ”

The prime minister was angry. I have told you all the things I know, and now I have to go back to Yan Kingdom to find out more things, Your Highness, it is time for my subordinates to retire. ”

Hua Ningshuang said, "Go ahead." Prime Minister Jing, you go and inform the Qi military division and prepare for war, our Qunfang has really been in trouble recently. By the way, you let Liu Huiya bring some people to open the altar and sacrifice, and prepare tribute to the gods. ”

"Obey."

As a modern person, she still has a glimmer of hope for the gods, supporting herself to bravely face the dilemma she knows.

originally thought that Guotai Ming'an could easily be a queen of hands, but I didn't expect Qunfang to be only a second- or third-class country in the world, and her status was average.

Pay protection money every year, and also guard against attacks from the same second- and third-class countries.

When Dusk came, Nangong Rou left the amber to her brother and went into the palace alone to wait for the palace maids to bring the meal.

She didn't see Hua Ningshuang, and asked the palace maid, "Cuicui, where is Sister Ningshuang?" She hasn't been here for a day, and I'm going to say goodbye to her today, and I'm going to leave Qunfang with my brother early tomorrow morning. ”

"Huh?" Cuicui looked surprised, "The girl eats first, Her Royal Highness won't come for dinner." Don't rush to leave, stay a few more days. ”

"If you didn't eat last night, you won't eat this morning, you'll be hungry. I'll pack a bowl of food and go to her place, and persuade her to eat two bites. ”

Nangong Rou thought while pretending to be a meal: If my brother doesn't eat it, Sister Ningshuang doesn't eat it, these two people will become immortals sooner or later.

Cuicui said kindly, "Your Highness is hungry, the cooks will do it again, girl, you can eat it yourself." ”

"It's okay, it's the same if I eat later. Cuicui, this bowl of rice, please serve it to my brother, okay? I'll bring a bowl to Sister Frost. ”

"Okay." She picked up a large bowl of food and sent it to Nangong Dusk.

Nangong Twilight was about to leave shortly after the return of the Night Pearl, but it was Nangong Rou who begged him to go back early before he reluctantly stayed for one more day.